Re: Nesting Box Occupants

"Gordon" <Gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A pair of blue tits are building a nest in one of the boxes I put up
several years ago, (at last)!

I have had my camcorder trained on the box for several 90 minute periods,
and whilst checking the tape I was surprised to see a large bumble bee
entering the box.
It left and entered again, and did not leave when the bird returned to the
box.

Are tits and bees compatible room-mates? 8-)
--
Gordon Harris

Certainly NOT! Take a look at David Jones' Diary for 2003. Here's a direct
link:-

http://www.mybitoftheplanet.com/2003/birdbox/bb2003apr.html

Scroll down to the bottom; 23/24th April.

Once the bee moved in, the BTs abandoned the nest and gave up the fight.

--
Dave Hall, Llangwm, Pembrokeshire.
Web:- www.daviv.com Videos of badgers and foxes on our patio
and birds inside a nestbox.


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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Nesting Box Occupants
    ... This BT is a plucky little beggar, and was fighting the bee tonight as ... dusk fell. ... and dropped through the shrub surrounding the nest box. ... Gordon Harris ...
    (uk.rec.birdwatching)
  • Re: Nesting Box Occupants
    ... Take a look at David Jones' Diary for 2003. ... Once the bee moved in, the BTs abandoned the nest and gave up the fight. ... it had been stung, and dropped through the shrub surrounding the nest box. ...
    (uk.rec.birdwatching)